MASS-ENERGY EQUIVALENCE

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Meaning:

(physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("mass-energy equivalence" is a kind of...):

principle; rule (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)